A new treatment planning formalism for catheter-based β sources used in intravascular brachytherapy

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 157-164

  Patel, Neil S ^a   Chiu Tsao, Sou Tung ^a   Tsao, Hung Sheng ^b   Harrison, Louis B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

sources; Dose formalism; Intravascular brachytherapy; TG 60

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOSIMETRY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035700925     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(01)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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